Improving alcohol treatment outcomes: The effect of individual patient characteristics, treatment and system variables on alcohol treatment outcomes in patients attending specialist alcohol treatment service.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Addiction; Alcoholism; Mental Health - Addiction

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001107415
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Newcastle

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-08-16
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 7250

Inclusion Criteria

Clients:
(i) aged 18 years or older; (ii) presenting for new episode of treatment at the participating service; (iii) have nominated alcohol as their primary drug of concern; (iv) have used alcohol in the past 30 days; (v) have not previously been enrolled in the study in the last 6 months; and (vi) have a telephone contact number.

Staff:
All staff from participating centres will be invited to contribute to the study if they are employed in the alcohol treatment clinic and are involved in providing direct patient care.

Exclusion Criteria

Additionally, the study is focusing on those treatment centres community-based providing alcohol treatment to adults. Centres are ineligible if they are services that provide withdrawal only, residential rehabilitation only, detoxification services only and/or treat less than 50 clients for alcohol as primary drug of concern in 12 months (or approximately less than 75 episodes). Participants under the age of 18 have been excluded as they are unable to give informed consent. While non­-English speaking groups represent an important segment within the target population, translation costs for study materials will make it cost prohibitive to include this group in the current study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified